White captives : gender and ethnicity on the American frontier

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White captives : gender and ethnicity on the American frontier

June Namias

University of North Carolina Press, c1993

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Namias shows that visual, literary, and historical accounts of the capture of Euro-Americans by Indians are commentaries on the uncertain boundaries of gender, race, and culture during the colonial Indian Wars, the American Revolution, and the Civil War. She compares the experiences and representations of male and female captives over time and on successive frontiers and examines the narratives of captives Jane McCrea, Mary Jemison, and Sarah Wakefield.

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